Barbara Sutton née Barbara Giles is a retired female

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player from

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Career

She won a bronze medal at the 1980 IBF World Championships in women's doubles with Karen Bridge. She represented

and won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in

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. She married fellow badminton player Eddy Sutton in 1977.

References

English female badminton players Living people Badminton players at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games 1953 births {{England-badminton-bio-stub